Richard Gatlin And The Confederate Defense Of Eastern North Carolina

Author : James L. Gaddis Jr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625853750
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard Gatlin and the Confederate Defense of Eastern North Carolina written by James L. Gaddis Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter in April 1861, North Carolina took steps toward war. Governor John Ellis commandeered Federal forts, raised regiments and enlisted the aid of Mexican War hero and Kinston native Richard C. Gatlin. Under the new Confederacy, Gatlin commanded the Confederate Department of North Carolina as a brigadier general. He was charged with the defense of the Tar Heel State, and his failure to prevent the Union takeover of the coast has been lost in the annals of Civil War history. Join author and historian James L. Gaddis Jr. for an overlooked yet harrowing tale of power, politics, tragedy and war.

Author : James L. Jr. Gaddis
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540212849
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richard Gatlin and the Confederate Defense of Eastern North Carolina written by James L. Jr. Gaddis and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Confederate shelling of Fort Sumter in April 1861, North Carolina took steps toward war. Governor John Ellis commandeered Federal forts, raised regiments and enlisted the aid of Mexican War hero and Kinston native Richard C. Gatlin. Under the new Confederacy, Gatlin commanded the Confederate Department of North Carolina as a brigadier general. He was charged with the defense of the Tar Heel State, and his failure to prevent the Union takeover of the coast has been lost in the annals of Civil War history. Join author and historian James L. Gaddis Jr. for an overlooked yet harrowing tale of power, politics, tragedy and war.

Author : John G. Barrett
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469639661
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil War in North Carolina written by John G. Barrett and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven battles and seventy-three skirmishes were fought in North Carolina during the Civil War. Although the number of men involved in many of these engagements was comparatively small, the campaigns and battles themselves were crucial in the grand strategy of the conflict and involved some of the most famous generals of the war. John Barrett presents the complete story of military engagements across the state, including the classical pitched battle of Bentonville, the siege of Fort Fisher, the amphibious campaigns on the coast, and cavalry sweeps such as Stoneman's raid. From and through North Carolina, men and supplies went to Lee's army in Virginia, making the Tar Heel state critical to Lee's ability to remain in the field during the closing months of the war, when the Union had cut off the West and Gulf South. This dependence upon North Carolina led to Stoneman's cavalry raid and Sherman's march through the state in 1865, the latter of which brought the horrors of total war and eventual defeat.

Author : Allen H. Mesch
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476633657
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preparing for Disunion written by Allen H. Mesch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1817 and 1864, sixteen officers were assigned as Commandants of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy. They played an important role in training the officers who would serve on both sides of the Civil War. Historians criticize the program as antiquated for its time: A course in Napoleonic strategy and tactics that did not account for rifled weapons or the particularities of terrain. Yet these commandants made changes to the program, developed new textbooks and instructed cadets who became field generals. The biographies of the commandants are presented along with their contributions to the Academy, notable graduates and other military service.

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493075098
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Civil War Sites written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive travel reference for America's most famous—and infamous—Civil War battle sites! With The Big Book of Civil War Sites, history-focused travelers finally have ready access to in-depth and thorough listings of all sites associated with the major battles of a devastating war that transformed the nation. Whether for exploring the Southern states or the Eastern theater, this book provides a full range of historical background information, travel and lodging options, museums, tours, and special events. Top attractions in the North include the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Gettysburg National Military Park; and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. In the Southern states—from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the Mississippi Delta—readers will discover the fascinating and varied world of Civil War history and read detailed accounts of battles in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana. The Big Book of Civil War Sites includes: * Thorough listings of all major sites, including historical background information * Full-color photographs throughout * Special features on military and civic leaders * A glossary of Civil War terminology * Directions to hard-to-find locations * Helpful listings of restaurants, lodgings, shopping, tours, and special events

Author : Gilbert Sumter Guinn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coastal Defense of the Confederate Atlantic Seaboard States, 1861-1862 written by Gilbert Sumter Guinn and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Murdoch John McSween
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476601356
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Incognito written by Murdoch John McSween and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preferring anonymity, Murdoch John McSween wrote over 80 letters under the pseudonym "Long Grabs" to the Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina), serving as their unofficial war correspondent. For the first two full years of the war, 1862-1863, he was a sometimes drill master at Camp Mangum, in Raleigh, and a wanderer among the regiments in North Carolina and Virginia. What he wrote was varied--the fighting in eastern North Carolina and at Fredericksburg and Petersburg in Virginia, the conditions of the soldiers, the hardships of the civilians, the history of places he visited, and biographical sketches such as that of Jefferson Davis. In 1863, based on certain promises made by Colonel Matt Ransom, McSween joined the 35th Regiment. A bitter dispute soon developed over those promises with the result that McSween was court-martialed and sentenced to twelve months at hard labor. Released, he joins the 26th Regiment and is twice wounded at the Battle of Petersburg. After the war, he returns to Fayetteville where he edits and publishes The Eagle newspaper.

Author : Ben La Bree
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865 written by Ben La Bree and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: Infantry, 62nd, 64th, 66th-68th Regiments written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The North Carolina Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: